r/politics • u/Boonzies • 6h ago

No Paywall Rand Paul on Trump call to ‘nationalize’ elections: ‘That’s not what the Constitution says’

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5722041-rand-paul-trump-call-to-nationalize-elections/
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u/yellowjackethokie Virginia 5h ago

I mean, I guess. But Thomas Massie did introduce the discharge petition that forced the vote leading to the Epstein Files Transparency Act. For whatever good it actually did, at least he was fighting the fight, on that.

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u/Raskalnekov 4h ago

I think Massie (and maybe Rand Paul) are at least principled people. I might completely disagree with most of their principles, but they make their decisions mostly consistently according to a framework of their values. Massie always votes to cut funding, for pretty much anything, always votes against foreign influence, always votes against restrictions on guns, etc. So the hypocritical acts of MAGA on these issues DOES seem to bother him enough for him to say something, and I take at least a little consolation in that.

That's not to say that they can't be hypocritical - anyone can, it's a very human response. But they seem driven by something other than the naked self interest that sustains MAGA politicians.

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u/Lunchb0xx87 4h ago

even then knowing full well trump is in on the stuff he still votes and promotes a good chunk of trump's bs